Tobacco-smoking pipe.



S. E. GREASEY.

TOBACCO SMOKING PIPE.

APPLICATION FILED 111111123, 1911.

1,005,104, Patnted 0013,1911.

WITNESSES INVENTOR Samuel E. Creasey BY 7% W mom/51's COLUMBIA FLANOGRAPH C0,, WASHINGTON, n.c1

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL E. CREASEY, OF ALFRED, MAINE.

TOBACCO-SMOKING PIPE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL E. CREAsEY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Alfred, in the county of York and State of Maine, have invented a new and Improved Tobacco- Smoking Pipe, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Among the principal objects which the present invention has in view are: to provide a stem for a pipe pivotally connected to the bowl thereof to permit the swinging of the bowl to a position parallel with the said stem; to provide in a pipe of the character mentioned a bifurcated extension for the stem to form a yoke for the said bowl; and to provide an automatic cover for the bowl operative when the same is disposed in housed position.

With these objects in view the invention consists in forming a double armed stem section having in one or both of the arms the necessary smoke channel, which unite to form a single channel for the mouth piece, and in pivotally connecting the said arms and bowl.

The invention further consists in providing a convexed cover guidably mounted in the structure of said arms and spring actuated to normally extend into the path of the pipe bowl when swung to the housed position.

One embodiment of the present invention is disclosed in the structure illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which like characters of reference denote corresponding parts in all of the views, and in which- Figure 1 is a side view of a pipe constructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention, the bowl being shown in operative position; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of a pipe so constructed, showing the bowl in housed'and covered position; and Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken on the line 33 in Fig. 1.

As shown in the accompanying drawings, the bowl 8 for holding the tobacco is provided in the bottom with perforations 9, the said bottom being arranged to stand away from the bottom of the bowl casing 10. The casing 10 and the bowl 8 are each provided Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 23, 1911.

Patented Oct. 3, 1911. Serial No. 634,851.

with screw threads to register and unite the said bowl and easing, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The stem is provided with the channels 11, one of which opens into the chamber of the casing 10 below the bottom of the bowl 8. The stem 12 is provided with a center boss 13 which is internally threaded to receive the screw end of the mouth piece 14. The sides of the opening in the boss are cut away to permit the introduction of swab cleaners. The channel 15 of the said mouth piece opens directly into the chamber 16 formed in the stem 12. In line with the boss 13 and mouth piece 14 is a second boss 17 which is bored to form a cylinder for the guidance of the stem 18. The stem 18 is centrally disposed upon and extended from the back of the convexed cover 19, which cover serves to close the opening of the bowl 8, as above set forth.

The stem 18 is provided with a slot 20 cut in the side thereof to receive the inner end of the pin 21 when the same is driven through the side of the boss 17, which operation is performed after the stem 18 has been introduced into the bore formed in the said boss. This construction is best seen in Fig. 2. The normal position of the cover 19 is that shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, where it is extended to the full limit of its outward movement to be impelled thereto by the spring 22. The spring 22 is of usual spiral spring character and is extended into the hollow 0r bore formed in the stem 18 to pocket the said spring. The outer end of the spring, under normal conditions, rests against the bottom of the bore formed in the boss 17.

When in operation the bowl 8 is thrown to the position shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, the forward edge of the bowl strikes upon the curved surface of the cover and by overriding the same forces or deflects from the path of the bowl into the bore of the boss 17 the stem 18 of the cover 19, compressing the spring 22 in this action. hen the opening of the bowl 8 alines with the cover 19 it will be found that the center of the cover is protruded into the opening of the bowl 8. In this position the cover 19 serves to cover the opening 19 of the bowl, and

also to lock the bowl in the position herein described as housed, or in the position parallel with the side arms'of the stem 12.

The stem 12 is preferably constructed from vulcanized rubber. Any suitable material will serve this purpose, it being preferred, however, that the same may be molded to the shape substantially as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. The extremes of the two arms forming the yoke-like stem 12 'are differently shaped, as shown in Fig. 3.

Qn one side one of the arms is shaped to form a half ball 23, a socket being provided in the side of the casing 10 to receive the same. The extreme'of the opposite arm is provided with a threaded screw-like extension 24. A tapped opening is formed the correct position of the bowl 8 and casing 10 the same will be arrested by the flange 25.

In some cases it is desired that a proportion of air should be admitted to the smoke drawn from the bowl of the pipe to cool the smoke. For this purpose I have provided in one of the arms a small inlet perforation 26.

As seen in Fig. 1, a pin 27 is set out from one side of the bowl, and the flange 25 is cut away for a quarter circle to form shoulders 28 to impinge upon the said opening when the pipe is in proper smoking or closed position.

With a pipe thus constructed, when the smoker desires to place the same in his pocket, he rotates the bowl 8 and casing 10 on the axis formed by the ball 23 and extension 24 until the bowl is forced to a position parallel with the arms of the stem 12. In this position it will be found that the cover 19 closes the open end of the bowl. The lighted tobacco is thus imprisoned and held until the same is extinguished. This convenience provides against the dangers .due to the emptying from the pipe of the ignited tobacco. Serious damage has been occasioned, particularly in forests, from this action. The usual pipe affords no protection to theclothing or pouch wherein the pipe is usually stored after the smoker has finished his smoke.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A tobacco smoking pipe having a bowl;

:3. curved'stem pivotally mounted upon said bowl, said stem having an extension to aline with the opening in said bowl when said bowl is disposed in position parallel with said stem; a movable cover for said bowl having a convexed surface adapted for insertion within said bowl, said cover being guidably mounted on said stem; and a spring mounted on said cover to press against said stem to force the cover within said bowl.

2. A tobacco smoking pipe having a bowl; a bowed stem the terminals whereof are pivotally connected with said bowl, said stem being provided with draft channels therein in open communication with said bowl; a mouth piece for said pipe suitably secured upon said stem between the terminals thereof; and a spring actuated cover mounted within the bow of said stem in line with said mouth piece to close the opening of said bowl when said bowl is rotated in position parallel with the arms of said stem. i

3. A tobacco smoking pipe having a bowl; a bowed stem the terminals whereof are pivotally connected with said bowl, said stem being provided with draft channels therein in open communication with said bowl; a mouth piece for said pipe suitably secured upon said stem between the terminals thereof; a cover having a oonvexed surface to close the opening of said bowl and to extend therein, said cover being provided with a hollow stem; a hollowed boss mounted upon and extended from the inner side of said stem in line with the said mouth piece; and a spiral spring mounted within said stem and boss to normally extend said cover in the part of said bowl when the same is rotated.

4. A tobacco smoking pipe having a bowl; a bowed stem the terminals whereof are pivotally connected with said bowl, said stem being provided with draft channels therein in open communication with said bowl; a mouthpiece for said pipe suitably secured upon said stem between the terminals thereof; a spring actuated cover mounted within the bow of said stem in line with said mouth piece to close the opening of said bowl when said bowl is rotated in position parallel with the arms of said stem; a hollowed boss mounted upon and extended from the inner side of said stem in line with the said mouth piece; a spiral spring mounted within said stem and boss to normally extend said cover in the path of said bowl when the same is rotated; and means for holding the said cover in the normally extended position.

5. A tobacco smoking pipe having a bowl; a U-shaped stem having a draft channel extended therethrough and provided with a mouth piece intermediate the ends thereof, said stem having at the terminal of one arm a smooth pivot and at the terminal of the other arm a screw thread for attachment to In testimony whereof I have signed my the bowl; and a spring extended cover guidname to this specification in the presence of ably mounted on said stem in the hollow two subscribing witnesses.

thereof, said cover being adapted to close SAMUEL E. CREASEY. the opening of said bowl and to extend Witnesses:

therein to look the same in adjusted position ENN T. Foss,

wherein the bowl is parallel With said stem. WALTER K. EMERY.

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